Parental perceptions of participation in young adult-focused eating disorder treatment.

Background: Eating disorders (ED) are serious mental illnesses affecting young adults (YA). Parent-supported treatment for this age cohort is an important consideration given the unique developmental needs and norms of familial social support, but more research is needed to understand parental perceptions of treatment involvement.

Methods: 33 parent-supports of YA with ED completed self-report assessments at admission and discharge of participation in brief, intensive, young-adult focused eating disorder treatment.

Temperament-based treatment for young adults with eating disorders: acceptability and initial efficacy of an intensive, multi-family, parent-involved treatment.

Background: Adult eating disorder treatments are hampered by lack of access and limited efficacy. This open-trial study evaluated the acceptability and preliminary efficacy of a novel intervention for adults with eating disorders delivered to young adults and parent-supports in an intensive, multi-family format (Young Adult Temperament-Based Treatment with Supports; YA-TBT-S).

Methods: 38 YA-TBT-S participants (m age = 19.

Predictors of Stepping Up to Higher Level of Care Among Eating Disorder Patients in a Partial Hospitalization Program.

Partial hospitalization programming (PHP) is a treatment option available for individuals with eating disorders (ED) who have made insufficient progress in outpatient settings or are behaviorally or medically unstable. Research demonstrates that this level of care yields efficacy for the majority of patients. However, not all patients achieve recovery in PHP and later admit to a higher level of care (HLOC) including residential treatment or inpatient hospitalization.

Errors in identifying emotion in body postures and facial expressions among pediatric patients with bipolar disorder.

Introduction: Facial emotion processing impairments have been consistently demonstrated among patients with pediatric bipolar disorder (PBD). However, less is known about other domains of nonverbal emotion recognition in this group. Therefore, the aim of the current study was to investigate emotion identification for body postures in addition to facial expressions among PBD patients and matched healthy comparison (HC) subjects.

Child maltreatment and trauma exposure among deaf and hard of hearing young adults.

The purpose of the present study was to examine the prevalence of child maltreatment and lifetime exposure to other traumatic events in a sample of deaf and hard of hearing (DHH; n=147) and matched hearing (H; n=317) college students. Participants completed measures of child maltreatment (CM), adult victimization and trauma exposure, and current symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Overall, DHH participants reported significantly more instances of CM compared to H participants, with 76% of DHH reporting some type of childhood abuse or neglect.

Impaired Theory of Mind and psychosocial functioning among pediatric patients with Type I versus Type II bipolar disorder.

Deficits in Theory of Mind (ToM) have been documented among pediatric patients with Bipolar Disorder (BD). However, fewer studies have directly examined differences between type I and type II patients and whether or not ToM deficits are related to psychosocial difficulties. Therefore, the aim of this study was to compare type I versus type II pediatric bipolar patients and matched Healthy Controls (HC) on ToM and interpersonal functioning tasks.